Cornelius tiers



(No Model.) C. TIERS & J. H. PENDLETON.

RAILWAY.

No. 311,045. Patented Jan. 20, 1885 UNirn' STATES FFIQEO PATE T CORNELIUS TIERS, OF MADISON, NEWV JERSEY, AND JOHN H. PENDLETON, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,045, dated January 2 0, 1885.

Application filed April 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CORNELIUS TIERS, of Madison, in the State of New Jersey, and JOHN H. PENDLETON, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Railways, of which the following is a specification.

Elevated railways have heretofore been constructed over streets and avenuesin cities, and the same streets have been used for sur face railways in which the-cars are drawn by horses.

The object of our present invention is to avail of the elevated railways for supportbeneath the elevated railway a track upon hangers, which track carries a traveling carriage and device for clamping the cable, and the cable runs over rollers in stationary bearings upon the hangers. From the traveling carriage there is a connection to the railwaycar to draw the same along upon the surfacerailway. V

In the drawings, Figure l is a cross-section of the elevated railway and of the track below the same. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section, showing in elevation the girder, track, and the carriage that is used for drawing the cars on the surface road; and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, showing the hangers, crossbar, track, sheaves, and cables.

The elevated railway is composed of the columns or supports A A, the cross-girders B, and longitudinal girders O O, in any of the known forms.

Our invention relates to the combination,

with the elevated-railway structure, forming a support, of sheaves or wheels D, suspend- -ed below the elevated structure by suitable of the roadway by any suitable connection between such cable F and car G. This cable is to be endless and moved by stationary engines, as usual.

In carrying out our said invention, it is necessary to provide a track, K, running longitudinally and parallel with the cable, such track K being suspended by the hangers below the elevated railway, and upon this track K there is a traveling carriage, M, with grooved rollers both above and below the rail, so that said carriage is free to roll along upon the track, but cannot become disconnected, and this carriage is connected to the car upon the surface railway by a traction-rope or any suitable appliance, and upon the carriage M there is a clamping device or grip, by means of which the carriage is connected with and moved by the cable, or by which the hold upon the cable is relieved, so that the car may be stopped by the brakes, as usual. I The hangers are shown as made of the vertical portions E E and transverse horizontal bar E, to the ends of which the rails are fastened.

Grips of various kinds have before been used upon cable roads. Our invention does not relate to any particular grip or clamp, and we remark that a grip may be used on our cable road similar to that heretofore employed in other cableroads, except that the device for actuating the grip extends downwardly to the car below, instead of upwardly to the ear above, as heretofore usual.

The details of construction of the respective parts are not our invention and are not herein further described, the same being the invention of John H. Pendleton, and form the subject of a separate application, No. 128,476, April 19, 1884, by him for a patent. Hence the features of invention not herein claimed by us are expressly reserved to be claimed by the said Pendleton.

Ve claim as our inve11tion- The combination, with the elevated structure composed of columns and cross and longitudinal girders, of hangers below such girders, sheaves or grooved wheels supported by such hangers, an endless cable upon such Wheels and actuated by competent power, a Signed by us this 12th day of April, A. 1). track suspended or supported by hangers be 1884. low the elevated structure, it carriage upon such track, a connection from the same to a 5 car upon a surface railway, and a clamp or grip to connect the carriage with the cable, \Vitnesses: so as to be moved thereby, substantially as GEo. T. PINOKNEY, set forth; \VILLIAM G. MoT'r.

CORNELIUS TIERS. J. H. PENDLETON. 

